Full Text of the Resolution (BILLS-115hres128ih) ESAT News (July 26, 2017) The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced that it will hold a hearing on Thursday July 27, 2017 on H. Res. 128, a resolution for “supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.” The resolution, among others, calls for the Ethiopian regime to investigate the killings and ...

ESAT News (July 25, 2017) Family and co-defendants are demanding a court in Addis Ababa to probe into the death of a political prisoner whom they said was denied food and prompt access to medical care. Ayele Beyene, 29 was imprisoned by authorities accused of having email communications with an opposition political party abroad. Codefendants, who said they too fear ...

ESAT News (July 25, 2017) Strikes by businesses in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa and regional towns continue for the second week despite intimidations by security forces and conflicting statements by officials. Strikes by small businesses and vendors that began in the country’s Oromo region last week against new tax hikes have spread to the Amhara region and businesses in Addis ...

ESAT News (July 25, 2017) Police in Seattle on Monday found the body of an Ethiopian man, Yetbarek Demoze, who was reported missing Sunday morning in a lake. Yetbarek Demoze, 36, was well known among the Ethiopian community for his kindness and community service. He was on a boat with friends when he jumped into the lake and drowned. “As ...

ESAT News (July 24, 2017) Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia face monetary fines, imprisonment and forced deportation as the Kingdom’s amnesty for undocumented workers expires on Tuesday. The office of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says about 70,000 nationals have so far returned home and 130,000 have been issued with exit visas. Saudi authorities say those ...

ESAT News (July 24, 2017) Over one hundred Somali prisoners who were released by Ethiopia landed in Mogadishu over the weekend. The prisoners were released following an agreement between officials from the two countries last month on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa. An aircraft carrying 114 Somali prisoners landed at Aden Adde International Airport in ...

ESAT News (July 24, 2017) Businesses in Addis went on strike on Monday in protest against the new tax assessment by authorities despite statements by officials over the weekend that the new tax hike has been scrapped. Merkato, the main business district in the capital, was ghostly quiet Monday morning with shops closed and vendors not be seen anywhere on ...

ESAT News (July 21, 2017) The strikes by small businesses and vendors against tax hikes that began in the wider Oromo region and which was followed by towns in the southern parts of the country has on Friday spread to the north. Strikes have been reported in Shebel Berenta, Woreta, Dessie, Woldia while flyers calling for strikes have been distributed ...

ESAT News (July 21, 2017) An explosion hit Selam Bus repair shop in the capital Addis Ababa on Thursday evening and reports say the area is still cordoned off on Friday as investigators comb through the site of explosion. No party took responsibility in the attack against the shop that belongs to the business empire of the TPLF, a clique ...

ESAT News (July 20, 2017) Small businesses and vendors in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa joined the national strike against the recent assessment of taxes by authorities that levies taxes based estimated daily sales. Business owners say their daily sales were overestimated by the assessors, who are mostly regime’s cadres. Shops in major market districts like Kolfe, Asko, Saris, Taiwan Sefer, ...